Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Monday, August 6, 2007
McGovern's Liberalism
At first I was going to write my own article dedicated to Former U.S. Senator George McGovern, instead, readers can look through some of his quotes below. If you're interested in learning more about him, I have provided additional links at the end of my post.
An excerpt from George McGovern's The Case For Liberalism:
"President Bush has said repeatedly that the terrorists hate us because of our freedom. I don't believe that. The world's people have always admired our freedom. What they don't like is the arrogance and indifference to world opinion inherent in so much of our international policy. Plenty of my fellow citizens don't like that either. I'm not alone in my dislike of the way our government is waging the so-called war against terrorism, in my opposition to a war with Iraq and to calling Iraq, Iran, and North Korea the "axis of evil." And I intend to press these points as long as I believe my convictions are grounded in common sense, patriotism, and veneration of life."
A couple his of quotes from The U.S. vs John Lennon:
"I think the most un-American Americans are those who try to squelch a citizen that speaks out against a policy he/she disagrees with, those are the real traitors, the ones that betray the Bill of Rights and our freedoms in order to discourage any kind of public criticism."
"Disent is the only way in which a society can correct it's mistakes."
Additional McGovern quotes:
(provided by: BrainyQuote)
"I am fed up with a system which busts the pot smoker and lets the big dope racketeer go free. "
"When people ask if the United States can afford to place on trial the president, if the system can stand impeachment, my answer is, "Can we stand anything else?"
Learn more about George McGovern and his ideas:
An excerpt from George McGovern's The Case For Liberalism:
"President Bush has said repeatedly that the terrorists hate us because of our freedom. I don't believe that. The world's people have always admired our freedom. What they don't like is the arrogance and indifference to world opinion inherent in so much of our international policy. Plenty of my fellow citizens don't like that either. I'm not alone in my dislike of the way our government is waging the so-called war against terrorism, in my opposition to a war with Iraq and to calling Iraq, Iran, and North Korea the "axis of evil." And I intend to press these points as long as I believe my convictions are grounded in common sense, patriotism, and veneration of life."
A couple his of quotes from The U.S. vs John Lennon:
"I think the most un-American Americans are those who try to squelch a citizen that speaks out against a policy he/she disagrees with, those are the real traitors, the ones that betray the Bill of Rights and our freedoms in order to discourage any kind of public criticism."
"Disent is the only way in which a society can correct it's mistakes."
Additional McGovern quotes:
(provided by: BrainyQuote)
"I am fed up with a system which busts the pot smoker and lets the big dope racketeer go free. "
"When people ask if the United States can afford to place on trial the president, if the system can stand impeachment, my answer is, "Can we stand anything else?"
Learn more about George McGovern and his ideas:
- The Case for Liberalism
- The McGovern Center
- A couple of his books:
- Wikipedia
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